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Don’t dwell on Korea discount; light up visibility on global stage
To the world, South Korea is well known as home to the world’s top two memory chipmakers, Sam...
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The KED ViewWhat's wrong with making money from startup exits?
In South Korea, those who struck it rich from property investments are the subject of envy, but startup founders who make big money from their exits have become the target of criticism, Saeju Jeong, co-founder and CEO of the US healthcare unicorn No
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In South Korea, those who struck it rich from property investments are the subject of envy, but startup founders who make big money from their exits have become the target of criticism, Saeju Jeong, co-founder and CEO of the US healthcare unicorn No
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Korea: Underrated as seat of commercial arbitrationSouth Korean companies prefer seats of arbitration in other countries over domestic ones to resolve...May 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Japan’s heavy hand with Naver: Uneasy sign for market economyRecent actions by the Japanese government and chief executives of LY Corp. and SoftBank Corp. are r...May 10, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shinsegae’s day of reckoning looms for online ambitionsBack in 2021, South Korea’s retail titan Shinsegae Inc. beat its archrival Lotte Shopping Co....May 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop: Pros and cons of HYBE's multi-label systemDisputes between HYBE Co. and its label behind popular girl group NewJeans has made headlines as an...Apr 24, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Labor reform urged in Korea with higher wages than JapanWages at South Korean companies, both large and small, have surpassed those of their Japanese count...Mar 18, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Defy convention with long-run plans to upvalue Korean stocksThe South Korean stock market has been on an upward swing in recent weeks, with many partly attribu...Feb 23, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Shareholder activism at the cost of facility investmentsSouth Korea’s large business groups are in emergency mode to brace for proxy fights with acti...Feb 20, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Yes to cannabis but no to bitcoin?Aftershocks continue in the South Korean financial market following the country’s financial r...Jan 16, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)
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Beware political risk, No.1 factor in Korea DiscountCorporate governance and management transparency have long been the big issues influencing the so-c...Nov 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Windfall tax on Korean banks to create quintuple burdenKoreans are piqued by banks raking in extraordinarily handsome profits and handing out generous bon...Nov 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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WeWork vs Starbucks as workspace in South KoreaIn 2019, WeWork’s business model underwent a reality check.Its application for an initial pub...Nov 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Five most common frustrations of Korean entrepreneursA South Korean company recently gave up on its plan to venture into the burgeoning robot market.Fai...Oct 12, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Memo from Howard Marks
Fewer losers, or more winners?My memos got their start in October 1990, inspired by an interesting juxtaposition between two even...Sep 22, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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K-pop without ‘K’ nurtured to evolve into global mainstream genreBang Si-hyuk, founder and chairman of South Korea’s entertainment powerhouse HYBE Co., has be...Sep 19, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Falling on deaf ears: Costco Korea cart pusher's deathCostco Wholesale’s co-founder Jim Sinegal had said South Korea was a “fantastic market,...Aug 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Why do so many S.Korean innovators bow out following success?Bernard Arnault, chairman and CEO of the global luxury goods leader LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis V...Jul 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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China’s hasty rate cut signals trouble ahead for Asia’s 2023Add officials at the People’s Bank of China to the list of those disappointed by China’s...Jun 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Optimism and hope for South KoreansI sometimes receive emails from Koreans asking why I don’t consider some of the more troublin...Jun 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean won needs economic fundamentals recovery for reboundThe South Korean won is underperforming most other currencies as Asia’s fourth-largest econom...May 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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US default drama is last thing South Korea needsAt a White House dinner last month, Yoon Suk Yeol turned heads singing Don McLean’s “Ame...May 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Align Partners' shareholder activism? Think twiceThe three-month saga over the control of the K-pop pioneer SM Entertainment Co. early this year was...May 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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In South Korea, innovation is subject to regulatory approvalIn a country like South Korea with few natural resources to run its economy, innovations or brillia...Apr 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Memo from Howard Marks
Lessons from Silicon Valley BankThis isn’t going to be another history of the meltdown of Silicon Valley Bank. Dozens of th...Apr 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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South Korea’s MSCI campaign has time problemIt’s that time of year again, when South Korea turns on the charm offensive to impress the gan...Apr 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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What’s the next K-sensation after rise of 60-year-old K-ramen?It was not easy for latecomer Samyang Foods Co. to come up with a recipe for its own instant ramen...Apr 11, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Time for South Korea's answer to the US battery subsidy actThe latest guidelines on US subsidies for electric vehicles under the Inflation Reduction Act come ...Apr 04, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Jury still out on Korean chipmakers’ tech upgrades in ChinaWhen the US Commerce Department announced the guardrail clauses on the CHIPS and Science Act earlie...Mar 24, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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US bank failure triggers Asia’s 2008 PTSDIf anyone at South Korea's National Pension Service has been planning a 2023 vacation, it might be t...Mar 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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